We’re making some changes to the current expansion Pre-Release Weekend and Fireside Gatherings system ahead of our next expansion announcement, reveal period, and launch.

A Fond Farewell to Fireside Gatherings

First, we’ve made the difficult decision to discontinue the Fireside Gatherings program as we re-align our focus towards features and programs that can serve more of our players throughout the world.

As part of this shift, the Fireside Gatherings website, servers, and in-game buttons will be shut down and removed before the next expansion. Some of these changes have already gone into effect; others are scheduled over the next few patches. As of today, the public Fireside Gatherings website has been shut down. This means you will no longer be able to create public or private Fireside Gatherings, and there are no Fireside Gathering Pre-Release Weekend plans for future expansions.

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Defend the land against the Primal Incarnates as they rally forces to claim the power of the World Tree, face the onslaught brought on by the Druids of the Flame in a new public event—Dreamsurges, honor the legacy of the undead and night elves with the new Forsaken and Night Elf Heritage Armor sets, band together to battle the Infinites to preserve Azeroth's timeline in Heroic Dawn of the Infinite, and more.

Also, mark your calendars; beginning September 12, follow Velen's prophecy to reveal a new future for some of the draenei people.

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New Public Event: Dreamsurge

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Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. The Fury Incarnate Patch arrives for the week of September 5! Prepare to defend the land against the Primal Incarnates, venture into Dreamsurges, and more. 

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News and Events This Week

• September 5
  • (Event) Fury Incarnate Now Live!
  • (Promotion) Twitch Drop: Get the Dashing Buccaneer’s Slops
  • (Event) Wrath Classic: The Joyous Journeys 50% Experience Buff Returns
  • (Event) Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking
  • (Event) PvP Brawl: Comp Stomp
• September 7
  • (Article) In Development
  • (Event) Secrets of Azeroth Continues with live clue hunts - check in with your favorite creators (9/7-9/10)
• September 8
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Join forces in a new public event—Dreamsurge, earn Forsaken and Night Elf Heritage Armor, band together to run Heroic difficulty for the Dawn of the Infinite mega-dungeon, follow Velen's prophecy to reveal a new future for some of the draenei people—and more.

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NEW PUBLIC EVENT: DREAMSURGE	HEROIC DAWN OF THE INFINITE
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Dragonflight’s latest update, Fury Incarnate, brings exciting new content, including the new public event—Dreamsurge, Heroic Dawn of the Infinite, and more. Celebrate the occasion with a new Twitch Drop! Watch any Dragonflight stream on Twitch.tv from September 5, 10:00 a.m. PDT, until September 12, 10:00 a.m. PDT, to earn the Dashing Buccaneer’s Slops transmog set.

Eligibility

To participate, you must link your Twitch account by visiting https://account.battle.net/connections. If you have changed your password or made any changes to your Twitch or Battle.net account, you will have to relink your accounts. When you relink, there will be a 7-day cooldown before you can relink a new Twitch account. After you’ve claimed your reward...

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Yogg-Saron Awaits!

Ulduar Timewalking is now available and Yogg-Saron – the lucid dream, the monster in your nightmares, and the fiend of a thousand faces – awaits.

When: The Ulduar raid is available throughout the Wrath Timewalking event.
Difficulty: The difficulty is set to Normal and, like any Normal level raid, will not be available through Raid Finder.
Minimum Level: Players level 60 and above are eligible to participate.

During Wrath Timewalking, you can assemble a raid group of between 10 and 30 players, travel to Dalaran in Northrend, and speak with Vormu to access a Timewalking version of the Ulduar raid. The raid scales for your group size and your level and gear will be scaled to match the raid’s challenges.

Don’t have a regular group? The Group Finder (I) can help.  Create your own group in the ‘Premad...

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The roads in Northrend are icy and fraught with danger. To help you continue your journey, players will get the benefit of the Joyous Journeys experience buff*, which will increase experience gains by 50% for all players through level 80! It’s a great time to finish leveling a character, create a new one, or invite friends to join you in your adventures.

Players can also visit any innkeeper in the capital cities and Dalaran to turn the experience buff off or on. The Joyous Journey’s experience buff will be available during the Ice Crown Citadel content update and until further notice.

*Experience buff not available in modern World of Warcraft® or World of Warcraft® Classic Era.

The endless pursuit of higher knowledge is its own reward, but you can dress the part when you purchase the High Scholar’s Pack—available for a limited time.^*

Advance Your Scholarly Pursuits

You’ll look quite brilliant in the mystical High Scholar's Arcana transmog set as you while away the hours deep in the tomes and librams of many an arcane athenaeum.

In addition, take a bonus 500 Traders Tender with you when you visit the Trading Post.^**

What you get:

• High Scholar’s Circlet (head)
• High Scholar’s Mantle (shoulder)
• High Scholar’s Gown (chest/rob...

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Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Dragonflight

• Secrets of Azeroth Event: Players can still complete the Inquisitive and meta-achievements now and after the event ends.

WoW Classic

• Wrath Classic 3.4.3 PTR: The latest Wrath Classic PTR, including the Icecrown Citadel raid dungeon, is now available.
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Twist is Now Live!

Today is the first day of the first official season of Hearthstone’s newest Mode, Twist! Twist is a Hearthstone ladder Mode with regularly rotating season, each with a twist on the rules or eligible card pool. With constant shifts and new card combinations, fresh challenges await each Twist season!

If you haven’t tried it yet, you can learn more about the Twist mode in our official ...

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Rumors are everywhere you go, but behind every rumor are secrets to be found—clues even—which lead throughout Azeroth’s varied and variegated landscapes to ancient artifacts and hidden treasures.

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What is Secrets of Azeroth?

Beginning on August 31, players will be tasked with putting on their thinking caps to uncover who is behind a recent string of artifact thefts through a variety of daily clues, with the last clue revealing itself on September 13. You’ll need to keep your eyes peeled for daily secrets and tantalizing new rumors and even play a little ‘follow the leader’ with some of your favorite community creators to discover some of the secrets Azeroth has to offer.

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Rewards

To those who fortune favors, go the rewards. Here are some of the items you can add to your collections:

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Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Hotfixes

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August 30, 2023

Events

• The Kalimdor Cup will now end on September 4 (was August 28), to give players more time to experience the races.

 Quests

• Fixed an issue causing some players to be unable to see Merithra in the Ancient Bough to pick up the quest "Into the Azure" to begin the Azure Span storyline.

 WoW Classic Hardcor...

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Patch 27.2.2 is a data-only patch, launching today, with bug fixes and updates to Hearthstone, Battlegrounds, and Duels.

Hearthstone Updates

Standard Card Updates

Dev Comment: When we made our last round of changes, we knew this balance window was coming soon, so we took a lighter touch on Hunter. Now that we’ve seen the results of our last changes, we’re happy with how the meta is shaping up, but it’s clear that we need to give Hunter a bit more of an adjustment to give other classes some room to breathe.

Hunter has two decks we’re targeting with these changes: Arcane Hunter and Hound Hunter. Halduron is a card we previously buffed to give the Arcane package a chance to shine. We’re happy with our prior change to the effect, but just need to adjust the numbers slightly to keep the power in line. For Hound Hunter, we wanted to hit the deck’s early game and its explosive e...

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August 23 PTR Update

Gameplay Updates

Class Balance

• Cluckeye now only drops for Witch Doctors.
  • As a result, Cluckeye no longer spawns with the Max Discipline secondary attribute.
• Cluckeye has been updated in Djank Mi’em’s Follower Items bag.

Orek’s Dream

• Toxic Lurker (Monster Set 8) and Dark Berserker (Monster Set 1) have been removed. Summoner Charger (Monster Set X), and Lacuni Slasher (Monster Set X) have been added in their place.

Bug Fixes

Diabolical Fissures

• Diabolical Fissures now denote on screen and in the chat box once spawned.
• Diabolical Fissures can no longer spawn in Greed's Realm.
• The placeholder text for the Chest at the end of a Diabolical Fissure has been replaced with a message.

Stability

• Fixed a crash that could occur when players opened achievements.
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It’s the perfect time to treat yourself, or a friend, to some summer blockbuster deals. Save up to 50% off Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic game upgrades, select game services, and more through September 17!

Shop All Deals

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Save Big on Dragonflight

End the summer with the gift of Warcraft and adventure in the Dragon Isles. Get 50% off the Base, Heroic, and Epic Editions of Dragonflight through September 17, 2023. With the Fury Incarnate Content Update just around the corner, now's ...

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Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Don your thinking caps! Rumors and secrets abound, all leading to ancient artifacts and hidden treasures. The Secrets of Azeroth event begins this week.

The end of August also means the Trading Post will be changing out its wares on September 1; this includes the addition of new class sets for Paladins, Priests, and Rogues. Make sure you get in those last-minute purchases before the new stock arrives.

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News and Events This Week

• August 28
  • (Article) Fury Incarnate Goes Live on September 5 (Information Hub)
• August 29
  • (Event)  Dragonflight Dungeon Event
  • (Event) PvP Brawl: Gravity Lapse
  • (Promotion) New Promotion
• August 31 ...

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Update on 9/10: Season 28 has ended. Stay tuned for updates and details on Season 29 here.

Update on 8/28: Season 28 will be ending on September 10 at 5pm PDT. See the following post for the exact times for each region.

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Power from the days of yore rests silently across Sanctuary, waiting to be uncovered once more. To what ends is for you to decide, Nephalem. Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary, goes live on February 24 at 5 p.m. PST/CET/KST. For an in-depth look at the seasonal theme, rewards, and the balance changes made between the end of the Patch 2.7.5 PTR and now, take a gander below.

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Rise, wanderer, and stand triumphant before your hoard of spoils.

An alluring glow descends across the land, increasing the clarity and temperament of all stalwart warriors. Scholars have unlocked new secrets in their ancient tomes, while coffers threaten to burst with gold unearthed from long forgotten crypts.

How will you seize your fortunes in this brief glimpse of splendor? Make haste to hone your blade across a weekend of adventure and plunder to become the deadliest force in all of Sanctuary.

Blessings Aplenty: Earn Increased Experience and Gold

From September 1, 10 a.m.– September 5, 10 a.m. PDT, all players will earn XP and Gold at a 25% increased rate. The Mother blesses all of her children, as this bonus applies to both Seasonal and Eternal Realms, and all World Tiers. This bonus stacks, so make sure to pair them with Elixirs and the Urn of Experience to maximize your experience gains.

For those curious where to att...

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Update: The Kalimdor Cup is being extended an additional week; players can dash, dodge, and dive through the skies until September 4.

Mount up and rediscover the skies of Kalimdor with a new dragonriding racing event arriving in Azeroth.

"The Riders of Azeroth invite dragonriders to compete in races throughout Kalimdor! Talk to Lord Andestrasz in Valdrakken for more information."

When: August 15–28
Where: Begins in Valdrakken

With a total of sixteen races spread across Kalimdor, dragonriders will have a skyfull of options for challenging courses in Normal, Advanced, and Reverse variations. Head to Valdrakken and speak to Lord Andestrasz near the Rostrum of Transformation to pick up the initial quest.

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Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.

Here are this week's highlights:

Dragonflight

• Mind Soothe Hotfix: NPCs with True Sight will now be immune to the Priest ability, Mind Soothe.
• Fury Incarnate PTR Update: Adjustments continue for the upcoming ...

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